Stars and stripe over Cezembre.

Stars and stripe over Cezembre. Two American soldiers raise the Stars and Stripes over the Nazi island fortress of Cezembre off St. Malo, Brittany, replacing the white flag of surrender while the defenders maised after a U.S. bombardment by land, sea and air. Ending one of the most bizarre sieges of the war, the garrison capitulated September 2, 1944. just as U.S. troops were embarking for an amphibious assault. The soldiers are Private David Snyder of Wilkes Barro, Pennsylvania (left), and Private Richard T. Franz of Oswegen, New York.